‘Turducken’ of the sea–scientists off Delaware catch shark within a shark

In a bizarre capture, bait is attacked by 3-foot shark, which is then 'completely swallowed' by a large sand tiger shark

Researchers at the University of Delaware set out recently in the hope of recapturing tagged sand tiger sharks. They enticed a large female but it was the bizarre manner by which they captured the predator that left them shaking their heads in disbelief.
After casting a small fish called a menhaden, a small shark called a dogfish was quick to snatch the bait, only to be swallowed by the much larger sand tiger shark. “The dogfish was about 3 feet long and completely swallowed by the sand tiger shark,” states a post on the university’s ORB Lab Facebook page.
The researchers had captured a shark within a shark, which prompted pro bass angler Aaron Martens to comment: “There’s gotta be some kind of ‘turducken’ label for this kind of situation.”
The ORB Lab is short for Ocean Exploration, Remote Sensing, Biogeography Lab.
Scientists are trying to recapture tagged sharks, or tags that have popped off of sharks, to compile data for study.Sand tiger sharks are vicious-looking because of the many dagger-like teeth protruding from their jaws.
Writes the ORB Lab in a separate Facebook post: “Their protruding spike-like teeth are perfect for spearing their favorite foods: bony fishes, small sharks, rays, squids, crabs, and lobsters.”
Sand tigers, which can measure to about 10 feet, lose an average of one tooth per day and boast 56 rows of teeth in each jaw “at any time waiting to replace lost or broken teeth.”
The sand tiger in the photo looks to have lost a couple of front teeth during its attack on the dogfish and/or its capture (and release) by scientists.
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Minnesota Concention CVB

M i n n e s o t a
Designated by the American Bird Conservancy a
Globally Important Bird Area
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America’s greatest
migration corridor
• 3/4 of world’s population of
C. Mergansers in late November
• Over 500 Bald Eagles in spring
and fall.
• Thousands of Tundra Swans in
the downriver backwaters.
• Hundreds of rare migrating
songbirds, ducks and hawks.
Common Merganser
Prothonatary Warbler
6 Miles
Lake
Pepin
Zumbro River
Wells Creek
Whitewater River
Mississsppi River
Wabasha
Red Wing
Goodhue
Frontenac
Zumbro Falls
Nelson
Alma
Minneiska
Weaver
Kellogg
Plainview
Theilman Dumfries
Maple
Springs
Elba
Frontenac SP
Hok-Si-La Park
Lake City
Zumbro
Bottoms
Reads
Landing
Nelson
Bottoms
Riecks
Park
McCarthy L. /Kellogg-
Weaver Dunes
Weaver
Bottoms
Whitewater
WMA/SP
see detail maps
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Mpls./St. Paul...68 miles
Rochester...
38 miles
LaCrosse, Wis...
70 miles
Nat'l Bald
Eagle Center
Site 2. Hok-si-la Municipal
Park-Lake City: A migrant trap
of mixed woods that juts out into
Lake Pepin where warblers drip from
trees in a good mid-May migration,
including Cerulean and Connecticut.
Check the entrance road’s
bottomland woods, wetland areas and
parking lot woods for Barred Owls,
ducks, Pileated Woodpeckers and
migrants. A walk through the grass
opening to the right of the parking lot
eventually weaves throughout the
campground with an overlook above a “birdy” creek. Continue
upriver through oaks and circle to the lot through tall pines where
there are more warblers, records of Cooper’s Hawks and Longeared
Owls. Walk an old road down to the water for shorebirds,
gulls and tern rarities. Heading upriver on Hwy 61, scope the boat
landing and rest stop for loons, Greater Scaup, gulls and
Canvasbacks. Try mid-late November for huge C. Merganser
flocks and swooping/feeding Bald Eagles.
Site 1. Lake City’s Lake Pepin Vistas: Park on side streets and cross to the water’s edge. Any
duck species can be seen from here. Find huge rafts of Commer Mergansers in November (and in
December in a warm winter). Check for shorebirds on the sand April through November (in cold weather,
there may be a Purple Sandpiper!) Bald Eagles can be found in any season from any vista.
Head toward Ohuta Park and follow the one way signs past the mobile homes to a parking area. Find great
vistas in late fall when C. Mergansers are in the thousands and Bald Eagles are fishing. Scoping carefully,
even in the distance, you might see a rare Pacific, Red-throated or very rare Yellow-billed Loon, besides
migrant Common Loons April-June and in September until freeze-up.
Especially in November, December and May check the two in-town marinas and the jetty for Black,
White-winged and Surf Scoters. Someday, Eiders will be found here, too.
From Roschen Park boat landing, see terns (Common, Caspian, Foresters and Black are regular) during
spring migration and in fall, jaegers may be harrassing gulls. Check for Glaucous, Iceland, Thayers and
less common Greater and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwakes among the Herring
and Ring-billed roosting on the lake at night. Many species are waiting to be discovered along this
shore. Long-tailed Ducks, any loons, scoters and rafts of C. Mergansers can be found here in
spring or fall. From Roschen Park, take two left turns and follow Oak Street, staying close to the
river. Past a creek and across from a railroad trestle on your right, scope Lake Pepin for shorebirds
in May and scoters (especially Black) and gulls in November. A good Bald Eagle spot along the
creek. Check the water at open vistas behind the small brick building further down Oak Street and
at the dead end at the Sportsman’s Club for Greater Scaup flocks and other ducks and gulls.
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Site 3. Old Frontenac:
At Hwy 61, continue up Cty
2, a great songbird area.
Scan the creek and stop for
any migrating flocks. Walk through Villa Maria where at dusk Chimney Swifts funnel in. Walk the
Old Frontenac Cemetery off Wood Street. Tufted Titmice, Red-shouldered Hawks and birds in all
seasons can be heard and seen on the gated cemetery road. Wintering crossbills are sometimes in
the evergreen treetops and many birds hang in the low brushy areas. In Old Frontenac, walk any of
the neighborhood streets or roads checking the area in spring for migrants and at feeders for Tufted
Titmouse and other wintering species. Old Frontenac is only 8 miles from Lake City.
W Iowa St
S Lakeshore Dr N Lakeshore Dr
W Lyon Av
S Oak St
Lake City
Ohuta
Park
Roschen
Park
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Miller Creek
Lake Pepin
DNR Area
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Site 3. Frontenac State Park: Very diverse uplands, scenic vistas, oak savanna, bison farm adjacent bottomland
woods, wetlands and a small lake. Look for these areas on a park map: From Old Frontenac, turn inland on Cty 2. In
the fields on your left, listen for dawn and dusk singing Henslow’s Sparrows in late May and summer. Turn right onto
Cty 28 to drive or walk and listen for breeding Orchard Orioles or Northern Shrikes in winter. The scenic overlook of
Lake Pepin parking lot has trees where you might find Cerulean Warblers, and in winter, concentrations of Bald
Eagles. Another hot area and road worth driving, stopping or walking all seasons is Hill Avenue for Wild Turkey,
Ring-necked Pheasants and songbirds. After a mile, gated park roads on your right have breeding E. Towhee, Scarlet
Tanagers and Wood Thrush. Winter birds also find good shelter here. Also take Cty 2 to Hwy 61 stopping at the
wetlands and the lake area. Frontenac State Park
is only 6 miles from Lake City.
Sand Point Trail: A lovely forested walk to
Lake Pepin. At Hwy 61, park left of Cty 2 and
walk the signed trail right. Listen for breeding
Acadian Flycatcher near the woods entrance,
Prothonotary Warbler near the boardwalk, and
Pileated and Red-headed Woodpeckers along the
trail. At the lake’s edge, walk right checking for
migrating Piping Plover or other shorebirds
beyond the point.
Lake Pepin
Ripple Cr
Gilbert Creek
Hok-Si-La
Municipal
Park
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Frontenac Station
Villa
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Beach
Park
HQ
Old
Frontenac
Maiden Rock
Grotes
Pond
Wells Creek
Frontenac
State Park
(Public Areas)
(Staehli)
Wayside
Park
Sand Pt
Trail
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Editorial & Text: Carol Schumacher
Layout & Design: Daria Dalager
Photography: W.J. Drazkowski, Daria Dalager,
Gary Krogman
Publishing: Munson Printing Co.
Project Management: Mary DeRoos
Courtesy of: Lake City Tourism Bureau
1515 N. Lakeshore • Lake City, MN • 55041
Ph: (877) 525-3249 or (651) 345-0185
tourism@lakecity.org • www.lakecity.org
(made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota Office of Tourism)
Copyright , 2001 All rights reserved
Hudsonian Godwit
Common Tern
Orchard Oriole
Henslow’s Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Site 7. Weaver Bottoms: Best known as a significant Tundra Swan
concentration area from mid-October through November, however,
concentrations of several species of waterbirds are found here. At MM
45 on Hwy 61, pull off and enter the frontage at the cemeteries. Walk
up this road and scope safely. In spring and fall, find ducks of every
species and check for rarities. In July, August and September
(sometimes June), find numbers of American White Pelicans. Look
skyward toward the bluffs where they may be soaring high in the
thermals. In September to early October, Trumpeter Swan families
stop. From April to November, shorebirds are a bit far out, but Am.
Avocets and others stop. Herons and Bald Eagles are common.
Between MM 45 and Minnieska, unpredictable concentrations of
almost any species can be seen. Records here include thousands of
Ring-billed Gulls and huge migrant waves of Common Terns. Scope
for more solitary and unusual loons as well as Goldeneyes and Longtailed
Ducks. Weaver Bottoms is only 26.6 miles from Lake City.
M i n n e s o t a
Designated by the American Bird Conservancy a
Globally Important Bird Area
See Lake City Area Maps Inside...
Site 8. Whitewater Valley-Highway 74: A scenic, mostly
public Wildlife Management Area and State Park with cold water
streams, ponds, bluffland and woodland areas. One of Minnesota’s
best birding areas along this14-mile stretch of Hwy 74. Easy access
from Hwy 61 at Weaver. Check hunting schedules before venturing
through this popular hunting area.
Ponds: Many heron and duck species, some in large concentrations.
Shorebirds in draw downs.
Wetland areas: Check for Common Moorhen, Least Bittern, marsh
birds, rails and Sandhill Crane.
Woods: Find diverse species such as Blue-winged Warbler, Eastern
Towhee, some Cerulean Warbler, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager
and Ruffed Grouse. Red-shouldered, Broad-winged and Cooper’s
Hawks nest, and in migration, find Merlins, Sharp-shinned Hawks
and N. Goshawks. Peregrine Falcons have been spotted.
Streams: Attract Winter
Wren and Louisiana
Waterthrush.
Winter: Scope for Golden
Eagles flying above tree
tops and blufflands, not to
be mistaken for immature
Bald Eagles. Good spot for
finch, crossbills possible,
owls (including a record
Great Gray in an invasion
year). Well-maintained
feeder areas at Park and
WMA headquarters. The
Whitewater Valley area is
only 24.8 miles from Lake
City.
Site 9. Zumbro Bottoms: A beautiful area with a slightly
complicated access, and well maintained long trails. The habitat is
nearly identical to Whitewater Valley with no ponds or extensive
wetland areas. Favored during the weekends by horse lovers. Best
access is from Hwy 61 at Kellogg. The Zumbro Bottoms are only
13.7 miles from Lake City.
1 Mile
Zumbro River
Zumbro River
Dumfries
Theilman
Zumbro
Bottoms
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Elba
Weaver
Altura
Dover
Utica
Beaver
Maloney
Lake
Plainview
Whitewater River
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North Fork Whitewater River
Middle Fork
Whitewater R.
Whitewater
Wildlife
Management
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Whitewater
State Park
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Robinson
Lake
Buffalo
Slough
Peterson
Lake
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Zumbro River
Alma
Nelson
Wabasha
Reads
Landing
Camp
Lacupolis
Dumfries
Riecks
Park
Buena
Vista
Park
Nelson
Bottoms
Zumbro
Bottoms
Forestry Unit
(see separate
detail)
(see separate detail)
Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
Tiffany State
Wildlife Area
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Lake
Pepin
Mississippi River
Chippewa River
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Landing
Camp
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Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
Tiffany State
Wildlife Area
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Lake
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Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
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Site 4. Lake City to Reads Landing: Carefully pull over to
lakeside parking areas with great vistas. These pulloffs make easy
viewing of Common Mergansers and other duck species,
especially as the ice forms and retreats. Bald Eagles display on the
ice edges and feed from November (some days over 500 counted)
through March. The confluence of the Chippewa River keeps the
water open year round and
food accessible for several
species. In fall and spring,
scope for all three scoters,
Long-tailed Ducks and
possible Barrow’s Goldeneye
at the narrows and check for
jaegers and rare gulls in
November. Take the first left
in Reads Landing driving
toward the water. In spring,
the waterside road is a
migrant hotspot. Some duck
species and numbers of Bald
Eagles roost and winter here.
Reads Landing is only 8.5
miles from Lake City.
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Site 5. Wabasha to Alma: Immediately south of Reads
Landing on Hwy 61, turn left onto Cty 59 and cross the tracks.
Pass the Hwy 60 interstate bridge and turn left at Pembroke
Avenue looking for the National Eagle Center signs as you
approach the River. Backtrack to the bridge and cross the river to
enter the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge at
Nelson Bottoms. At the boat landings and the woods edge in
spring and fall, songbird migration can be good. In this great
bottomland forest, Prothonotary and Ceruelan Warblers, several
species of woodpeckers, Great Crested Flycatchers and Yellowthroated
Vireos nest. Check the ponds and sloughs for migrating
ducks and possibly Tundra Swans and American White Pelicans
close to the road in season. In
Nelson, follow Hwy 35 as the
road crosses through Tiffany
Bottoms. At the Chippewa
River, find numerous Bald
Eagles from November
through March. Wabasha is
only 9.6 miles from Lake City
and Nelson is another 3
miles.
From Nelson turn south onto
Hwy WI 35. On the rock face
cliffs, look for perched and
flying Peregrine Falcons between April and fall. At Reick’s Lake
in Alma, Wis., enjoy premium looks at very close ducks in spring
and fall. This is a renown stop-over site for migrating Tundra
Swans mid-October through freeze-up in late November and
sometimes spring. The observation deck has permanent scopes. In
Alma, look for signs to Buena Vista Park, well worth the drive for
an awesome panoramic view of the Mississippi River. In spring
and fall, find migrating hawks and eagles in good numbers, and
summer through September soaring American White Pelicans.
You might catch the fly by Peregrine Falcon near the smoke stack.
Return to Lake City via the Hwy 60 bridge or head south to cross
the Mississippi at Winona taking Hwy 61 north. Alma is only 9
miles past Nelson, Wis.
Site 6. Kellogg Dunes, Nature Conservancy and McCarthy
Lake area: A prairie patchwork of public land among private areas.
South of Kellogg and opposite Hwy 42, turn left, right, then left onto
Cty 84, a loop off Hwy 61. In low lying fields, check for flocks of
Lapland Longspurs and Horned Larks (erratic October-April.) Flooded
fields can host interesting shorebirds and ducks. Listen in spring and
summer for dawn-calling Sandhill Cranes (in fields in summer) and
Eastern Bluebirds on wires. This narrow road requires parking at
intersections but not blocking traffic. Kellogg is only 17.4 miles from
Lake City.
At Half Moon
Landing, birds
gather in shrubs and
wood edges during
spring migration. At
the Dunes SNA,
listen for Eastern
Meadowlarks and Field Sparrows. You may see or hear Orchard Orioles and Lark
Sparrows, too. On the right at signs marked McCarthy Lake WMA, find two parking
spots. Walk the gated road listening for Grasshopper Sparrows and Dickcissels. At the
first woods with a small wetland, you can hear Bell’s Vireos. On the left side of Cty
84, find Nature Conservancy signs (private). Walk any road in this area for sparrows.
Tall pines in winter might have crossbills, finches and owls.
1 Mile
Maloney
Lake
Zumbro River
McCarthy
Lake
Snake Cr.
Gorman Cr.
Old Zumbro
R. Channel
Half
Moon
Lake
Kellogg-
Weaver
Dunes
State
Natural
Area
McCarthy
Lake
Wildlife
Management
Area
Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
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Lake City Tourism Bureau
1515 North Lakeshore Drive
Lake City, MN 55041
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America’s greatest
migration corridor
Lark Sparrow
Sandhill Crane
American White Pelican
Tundra Swan
Saw-whet Owl
Bald Eagle
• 3/4 of world’s population of
C. Mergansers in late November
• Over 500 Bald Eagles in spring
and fall.
• Thousands of Tundra Swans in
the downriver backwaters.
• Hundreds of rar e migrating
songbirds, ducks and hawks.
Common Merganser
Prothonatary Warbler

About Me

I am a minister of First Baptist Church and Safehouse of Jacksonville. So far I am studying authors and romance novels. Books and Pamphlets for travel seems right for me. I came from a lovely Missouri region and went to college at Southwest Baptist University.